First of all, I thank God for guiding me through this work. My next thanks go to Professor
Tekeste Negash, who supervised this work. Professor, I appreciate your objective criticisms …

From a multidisciplinary perspective, Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in
Africa assembles an impressive group of leading scholars, in their own right, on human …

Poverty is not new. It is not a recent affliction of humankind. It has always been with us. In
that regard, I have argued elsewhere that of all the social phenomena that have a significant …

This work ventilates the problem of poverty in Nigeria, where over 70 percent of the
population is living below the poverty line, and the theoretical and practcal implications of …

There exist numerous definitions of poverty. Traditionally, poverty has been associated with
a lack of resources. 1 The more recent concept of social exclusion 2 is now no longer seen …

At a very basic level,'post-Apartheid'spells the acknowledgement of the human rights of the
majority of South Africans who were denied such rights for almost four centuries. However …

Poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in this century. Despite the
fact that the world is blessed with natural and human resources, a significant number of …

Violations of human rights occur in every country in the world–far too many to be passed
over in silence. But that there is a relationship between poverty and human rights was first …

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to
get rid of it... In the final analysis, the rich must not ignore the poor because both rich and …

It is quite intriguing that poverty–which, as the cause of disease, premature death,
internecine warfare, domestic violence, all manner of social discord and abuse of human …